Disclaimer: I do not own Nanatsu No Taizai/The Seven Deadly Sins (Nakaba Suzuki I salute thee) or RWBY (Somewhat happy about some predictions I made about it at the end of Season 3, though still question your logic RoosterTeeth). OC's also belong to their respective owners.
AN: Check next chapter why this is late! Also, plan on explaining a bit of what happened with the Commandments in this new Alternate Universe and some other things. Check near the end to find out. Onwards!
Teams RWBY, GRAE, and PYRO are walking through Vale on Friday during the preparations for the Vytal Festival, with Weiss, Rugby, and Runea leading them. "The amount of planning and thought that goes into this festival! It's so wonderful!" Weiss says dreamily with a smile, causing Ruby to respond "This is the most we've seen you smile Weiss." with Amy adding "It's actually rather creepy, Ice Queen. Ni-Shi-Shi." who shushes both as they make their way to the docks.
"Seriously though why are we here? Besides feeding the little Ice Princess here her ego food?" Yin asks bored though is silenced by Rugby smacking him upside the head, knocking him out cold. "I heard that several teams from both Brittania and Vacuo were arriving and felt that as representatives of Beacon, we should welcome them" Weiss explained though Rugby whispers to the rest "More so we would investigate the competition's abilities in the tournament" with a embarrassed Weiss trying horribly to deny it, managing to fool only Obsydia.
Ruby, Amy, and Ethan then notice that a nearby Dust store has been vandalized and robbed, police tape surrounding the site, though it instantly grabs there attention because of two bystanders near it, rather then the crime site itself. "Grandpa!" Both Rose girls shout before tackling a short blonde boy with a cowlick and bright green eyes, dressed in a white overcoat, shirt, and pants with gold buttons, while a tall, young, muscular man possessing a set of well-developed abdominal muscles looked on with a grin as he was tackled. He had short, spiky, pale blue hair, as well as a pair of scarlet-red eyes and a large scar on the left side of his neck. Ethan greets the man with a laugh, saying "Hey Sir Ban!" causing Blake, Weiss, and Pandora to fall over from sheer comical shock at seeing two of the legendary Sins in Vale.
"Hey girls! How's school with Aunt Derriere and Uncles Esta and Zel? Ni-Shi-Shi" the shorter boy said as he got up from his grand daughters knocking him down, with two comical bumps on his head. Suddenly Ruby and Amy begin to ramble at such a speed that Weiss is about to scold both before Ban says nonchalantly in a sing song tone "Don't worry about the Captain, miss~. He is keeping up with them just fine~." at which Meliodas responds with laughter, then saying "Well it's great to hear that you got promoted to leader Ruby and Amy is with Glyff so he can have a translator. Funny that Oobleck, Port, and Oz are still the same as usual! Ni-Shi-Shi." then noticed the others watching them, before grinning with a salute, saying "Hey, name's Meliodas, Barkeeper of The Boar's Hat! Nice to meet you."
Weiss is beginning to blush and stammer as she introduces herself, but stops upon seeing Meliodas, groping Obsydia, Yang, Runea, and Blake, causing her, Rugby, and Pandora to shout "Stop that you Perv!" causing Yang and Runea to sweatdrop at Meliodas' antics, Obsydia to laugh, and Blake to cover her chest from embarrassment and shame at being touched. "Yep everyone's filled out quite nicely. Ni-Shi-Shi." Meliodas laughs as he dodges a energy blade swipe from Glyff, who is growling in annoyance with a hint of anger, before chasing him around a bit, as Amy asks Ethan "What does Extreme Groping Pervert mean?" causing most of the other girls to look at her in deadpan shock, while Ruby and Obsydia just look as confused as well, with the remaining conscious boys to stop thinking momentarily before everyone ignores the question to address the other Sin present.
"So... What happened here, Uncle Ban?" Runea asks as Glyff is still chasing Meliodas for groping the girls, at which Ban is whistling before saying cheerily "Well apparently this shop was robbed of Dust with the police department thinking it to be the White Fang. According to some detectives from the Vale Police Department, this is the second incident this week. My bet is on Roman Torchy. Me and Meliodas got called in to assist by Artie and Ozi to assist. We also came with teams MUSE, CLAN, and MARK representing Britannia in the tournament and two other teams will be arriving with the other kingdoms.".
Weiss then says "Well I for one believe the Detectives are right about it being the White Fang. They are nothing but a bunch of criminally insane degenerates." which Blake is slightly angered by but is interrupted by Ban asking rather seriously "You do know the White Fang started as a Peaceful Protest Movement kid and was once approved by Brittania due to those peaceful protests. So are you saying Britannia promotes a criminal underworld?" which takes Teams RWBY, RAE, and PRO aback, making Weiss stuttering a apology to him. He then sighs before looking at the crime scene, saying "Still I can't really argue on their behalf since they began terrorizing the Kingdoms. Heck even Giants and Fairies are targeted by their misguided sense of justice."
Weiss, thinking she might have found a way to get back into one of the legendary sins good books, then reasserts "So most Faunas are no good then and only know how to lie, cheat, and steal. I-" which angers Blake further but Ban then asks dangerously, seemingly angered "Are you saying Zhivago, a beastman and my adopted dad, is no good? He may have lied, cheated, and stole, but he made me the man I am today. So show some respect brat." with his tone carrying a sense that if she argued further, he would probably kill her. Obsydia then adds while tearing up "So does that mean me and Ethan are no good?" which Weiss freezes up at and looks up to Obsydia, seeing her tear up, then begins to apologize profusely to calm her down.
However, the conversation is interrupted by a tanned male monkey faunas with short spiky blonde hair being chased across the deck of a docking ship. Said distraction is wearing two red wrist bracers and an open loose collared white jacket with no shirt underneath, displaying his muscular physique; and blue cargo pants tied up with a white belt with white bandages on his legs and has a chain hanging from the belt loop on the right side of his pants. He also sports black and yellow sneakers as well and wears a twisted golden necklace around his neck, with a round pendant bearing a monkey emblem.
He jumps onto the docks, hanging upside down by his tail from a wooden post the crew shouting at him calling him a 'no good stowaway' which he retorts to jovially "Hey! I'm a great stowaway! A lousy stowaway would have been caught!" at which a detective throws a can at him, shouting for him to get down, only to to have a bannanna peel thrown on said detective's face. Soon he is being chased by detectives and passes by Team's RWBY and PYRO, winking at Blake before bumping into Glyff, who had finally caught Meliodas but loses his grip, allowing the Sin of Wrath to escape.
"Well there goes one of the competition Ice Queen." Ethan sarcastically laughs, prompting Weiss to shout "Quick, after him!" with the three teams, except Ruby and Amy who apologize for leaving so suddenly, before following their friend's as well. "Ni-Shi-Shi, good to see my grand daughters are having fun. After our meeting with Oz and the others, you want to arm wrestle Ban?" Meliodas asks with a grin at which Ban sings gleefully "And here I thought you would have forgotten on the ride here." before departing for Beacon Academy.
While following the boy faunas, Weiss suddenly runs into someone as she turns a corner, groaning as she watches the competition escape into an alley. Yang interrupts pointing downwards, saying "Uh Weiss?" which the Heiress looks down to see herself on top of a ginger haired girl with a pink bow and green eyes, wearing a rather old style blouse and overalls, with black stockings covering her legs, ending with black slippers. Weiss then jumps up and off her, her ponytail smacking Runea's face and Pandora's visor. "Salutations!" the still prone girl greeted with a raised hand.
"Uh hello?" Ruby and Amy respond quizzically as Yang asks, just as confused "Are you... okay?" as Ethan laughs as he lends a hand for the girl to grab to stand, though she responds smiling "I'm wonderful!" as Yin begins to come around, seeing the prone girl from Obsydia's shoulder, confused as to what had happened while he was unconscious. "Do you... want to... get up?" Rugby asks, as Glyff begins to sniff the air before tilting his head in confusion.
"Yes!" the girl answers with a nod, before jumping to her feet, kicking Ethan in the jaw as he was still offering his hand, who also knocks into Runea, knocking both out. The remainder of the group take a single step back at the same time in both surprise and fright, though strangely not Glyff, who just bends down a bit to look Penny face to face, still seeming confused by something. "I apologize for hurting your comrades." the girl apologizes before introducing herself "My name is Penny, it's a pleasure to meet you!" and waits politely for them to introduce themselves.
Each of them then proceeds to introduce themselves, with Yang and Yin asking "Are you sure you didn't hit your head?" before being elbowed by both Weiss and Rugby, then introducing themselves. "The two you knocked unconscious are Runea Firestorm and Ethan Goodwitch." Ruby explains pointing a thumb to the two named characters, with Amy adding as she latches onto Glyff's arm "And the guy that seems confused more then surprised is Glyff Branwen." at which Glyff growls something which Ruby and Amy look at him as if he is insane.
"It's a pleasure to meet you!" Penny exclaims, at which Rugby says "You already said that." unnerved about the girl's memory. Penny thinks for a moment before saying with a smile "So I did!" and nods. "Well sorry for running into you." Weiss apologizes as Rugby and Obsydia explain that they will take Ethan and Runea back to the dorms, while Ruby and Amy have to pull Glyff away from Penny, both saying "Take care friend!" offhandedly as they leave with Pandora saying to both "You two are going to regret that later." confusing both girls.
"She seemed... off." Yang said, with Yin agreeing as Weiss then asks "Now were did that Faunas riff raff run off to?" before all stop suddenly at seeing Penny suddenly in front of them. "What did you call me?" she asked, seeming offended, though Weiss and Yin were looking both back and forth, trying to figure out how she got from behind them to in front of them without anyone in their group noticing. "Oh I'm sorry, I didn't think you heard me-" Yang began to explain but is cut off by Penny saying as she walks past to Ruby and Amy "Not you, you two." at which both girls are confused, unsure of what they said to her.
"You both called me friend. Am I really your friend?" Penny clarifies before asking them hopefully, which both girls look to their friends and family to what they should do, with Weiss, Blake, Yang, and Yin making motions of denial, while Glyff just shrugs a bit, not caring what they did. "Yeah! Sure! Why not?" both Ruby and Amy said unsure, causing all but Glyff to fall over from surprise, as Penny then laughs with joy before saying "Sensational! We can paint our nails, try on clothes, and talk about cute boys!" at which Ruby shifts somewhat over to Weiss, asking "Is this what it was like when you first met me and Amy?" who is dusting herself off as she replies coolly "No she seems far more coordinated and does not have a crazy dangerous overprotective boyfriend around her."
Yang then asks "So what are you doing here in Vale?" at which Penny responds "I'm here to participate in the fighting festival." at which Yin asks "Wait you fighting in the tournament?" which Penny salutes as she answers "I'm combat ready!" with Weiss commenting a bit unnerved "Forgive me but you hardly look the part.". "Says the girl wearing a dress while fighting?" Blake asks mockingly at which Weiss retorts "It's a combat skirt!" before low fiving both Ruby and Amy, agreeing with her, after which she realizes something and asks "Wait if your fighting in the tournament, does that mean you know that monkey tailed rapscallion?!" causing Blake to become a bit angered.
"The who?" Penny asks confused, as Weiss shows her a poorly made picture, saying "The filthy Faunas from the boat?!" at which Blake has had enough and asks angrily "Why do you keep calling him that?!" with Weiss to look to her confused, with Blake continuing "Stop calling him a rapscallion or degenerate!" at which Weiss releases Penny, asking as she motions to said objects around her "Would you like me to stop referring to the trash can as a trash can or this lamppost as a lamppost?"
"So you view Faunas as no more then objects?" Pandora asks coldly, surprising Weiss momentarily before she adds to strengthen her argument "He still clearly broke the law. Give him time; he'll probably join up with those other Faunus in the White Fang!" at which Blake shouts angrily "You ignorant judgemental brat!" then walks of in anger. Before Weiss could even continue though, Pandora stepped in between her and Blake, looking down at the Heiress from her armor before following after Blake to comfort her with Amy. "You do know that is she is partially right, Ice Princess? I mean, not all criminals turn to crime because they want to, plus Sir Ban was once a criminal known as Ban the Bandit before becoming the Sin of Greed" Yin chastised Weiss, leaving the girl a bit ashamed as they headed back to the dorms.
Back in their dorms, the argument resumes, with Weiss asking "I don't understand WHY this is causing such a problem!" at which Blake retorts "That IS the problem!". "You realize you are defending an organization that hates all other races, don't you? The Faunus of the White Fang are pure evil!" Weiss shouts angrily to Blake who responds equally angered "There's no such thing as pure evil! Why do you think they hate humanity so much? It's because of people like Cardin and YOU that force the White Fang to take such drastic measures!"which Weiss asks incredulously "People like ME?!" which Blake adds then loudly "YOU'RE DISCRIMINATORY!".
"I'm a victim!" Weiss yells in frustration, causing Blake to go silent as they stare each other down, Weiss then angrily explains further "You want to know WHY I despise the White Fang? Why I don't particularly trust the Faunus?" then walks over to the window, leaning on the bookshelf by it before continuing "It's because they've been at war with my family for years. War, as in real ACTUAL bloodshed. My grandfather's company has had a target painted across its back for as long as I can remember and ever since I was a child, I've watched family friends disappear; board members executed; an entire train car full of Dust, stolen; and every day, my father would come home, furious, and that made for a very difficult childhood." then bangs her fist against the shelf.
Ruby then goes over to comfort her, saying "Weiss, I-" but is interrupted by Weiss who shouts "No!" before turning back to Blake and stalks back over to her "You want to know why I despise the White Fang? It's because they're a bunch of liars, thieves, and murderers!" at which Blake, who was momentarily feeling sorry for Weiss, shouts angrily as her emotions resurface "Well maybe WE were just tired of being pushed around!" causing everyone to go silent in surprise. Weiss begins to back away slowly, while Blake realizes what she said, looking at her various team mates reactions. "I... I..." Blake stutters before dashing out the door, with Ruby chases her to the doorway, yelling for her to wait and come back, as Yang sits down as Weiss looks down in thought.
As Blake runs outside and arrives at the statue of an armored man with a sword and a hooded woman wielding an axe on an outcropping, she stares at the Beowolf under the stone heroes in particular. She closes her eyes and slowly lifts her arms up to her bow, pulling the string to release the bow from her hair. She wipes away a tear away as Cat Faunas Ears twitch in the cool night air. On the verge of crying, she becomes startled when she hears a two male voices behind her.
"I knew you would look better without the bow." the first said with the second saying in agreement "Indeed, Mr. Wukong. She seems to have her mother's looks as well." which she turns around to see who spoke to her.
As morning comes, Ruby wakes up, yawning in the process then looks to Blake's bunk, saddened that she has not returned. Later in the day, it is said that Professor Escanor is not on the grounds, having said he is taking care of some family matters in Vale, Weiss, Ruby, Yang and Teams GRAE and PYRO search now for Blake, with Glyff and Amy assisting the first three while the others search elsewhere. "She's been gone all weekend..." Ruby says in worry at which Weiss says off handedly "Blake's a big girl, I'm sure she can handle herself!" though Amy says "Weiss, come on. She's one of your teammates.".
"Is she? We all heard what she said!" Weiss mockingly exclaims, which Ruby chastises her for. "Maybe she is, maybe she isn't. Either way, she's missing, and we need to find her!" Yang reasons while they search. "A member of the White Fang! Right underneath our noses! And if Pandora has been her friend since they were kids, that means that she too is a Faunas and a member. It is just as I said about the White Fang being nothing but liars, thieves, and murderers." Weiss says incredulously then begins to add "I would not even be surprised if they were part Grimm! It would expla-" but is interrupted by a loud slap on the cheek, with Ruby being the culprit, who says with tears in her eyes "Do NOT ever compare Blake, Pandora, or ANY Faunas to what Glyff has to deal with." before walking away with Amy in anger with both holding onto Glyff, who looks down saddened at them, leaving a stunned Weiss with Yang, who sighs, saying "When we get back together at the dorms, I think Glyff is going to explain what Ruby just said to you." before both continued on in their search.
Elsewhere, Blake is sipping a cup of tea and sighing. She looks up to Professor Escanor and the monkey faunas, now known as Sun Wukong, sitting across from her, the later holding his drink with his tail as a hand props his head up. He takes a sip when Blake puts her cup down, saying sternly with a glare towards Escanor "So, you both want to know more about me? In exchange, you explain how you know my mother." who nods, not even perturbed by her glare. Blake sighs as she looks at her reflection in the tea.
AN: OMDN! My body is trying... to die! *Smacks head into wall* Okay so the Ten Commandments that survive in this AU are: Estarossa, Zeldris, Derriere, Monspiet, Dolor, and Gloxinia (The last three will be explained later on). As for Gowther being one, meh. He screws with us enough that he could be faking. Hopefully that clears it up somewhat.